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Pegu

/pəˈɡuː/

Pegu is the dated form of Bago.

Meaning of Bago

Proper noun (1)

Bago

  1. A city in Myanmar near Yangon, formerly known as Pegu.

Proper noun (2)

Bago

  1. A barangay of Vintar, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Ibaan, Batangas, Philippines.
  4. A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.
  5. A barangay of Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

See all 12 meanings of Bago

Noun

Pegu (plural Pegus)

  1. (historical) A pony from the Burmese city of Bago.
    • The road was flooded in some places and in others the rains had filled potholes with mud, and the horses – ponies rather, stout little Pegus from Burmah – stumbled into them and lost their footing.2014, M. J. Carter, The Strangler Vine

Forms of Pegu

pluralPegus

Words formed from Pegu

Phrases with Pegu

Questions about Pegu

What does Pegu mean?
Pegu means a pony from the Burmese city of Bago.
What is Pegu the dated form of?
Pegu is the dated form of Bago.
What part of speech is Pegu?
Pegu is a noun.
How do you pronounce Pegu?
Pegu is pronounced /pəˈɡuː/.
What is the plural of Pegu?
The plural of Pegu is Pegus.

Words near Pegu in the dictionary

  1. pegs the needle
  2. pegsunercept
  3. Pegswood
  4. pegtop
  5. pegtops
  6. Pegu
  7. Pegu jar
  8. Pegu jars
  9. Peguan
  10. Peguer
  11. Peguero

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pegu (page history and authors); Bago (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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